A record number of our students took part in our Cinema reward visit on Friday 6th March in recognition of their fantastic attitude to learning across the academic year so far. Well done to all who were invited.

On the 15th December, Year 9 Drama students performed to an outside audience for the first time. They had created two pantomimes ‘Sleeping Beauty and the Seven Dwarfs’ and ‘Cinderella and Friends.’ They were responsible not only for putting the stories together but for costumes and props; and they all did really well to get the pieces ready for the stage. 300 primary school students from our feeder schools came to watch. It was a wonderful afternoon with dames, elves and dwarfs galore and even Father Christmas and the Easter Bunny made an appearance! All the students worked hard to create two very funny pieces. Well done to all.

Tuesday 16th December 2014 saw the annual talent contest merge with our festival of Christmas. We were thrilled to welcome the choir from Horbury Churches Together who opened the evening with some lovely carols. Our fabulous orchestra played festive pieces and the academy choir jollied us along with lots of vocal delights.
All this was interspersed with magical performances from our superb talent show finalists: Melissa Bragan, Luke Bennett, Grace Sanders, Isabelle Lindley, Jessica Terrell, Ellen MacCourt, Kaytie-Jo Genty, Eve Waddington, Holly Hicks and Morvyn Gardiner Mackie.
The standard was as high as ever – judging was extremely difficult, and the winning acts were separated by only half marks. The overall winner was Eve Waddington from Africa House with a simply breath-taking rendition of ‘Yours’ by Ella Henderson.

A massive congratulations to Nathan Chan, Andrew Beevers and Charlie Hamilton who represented Horbury Academy at the Geographical Association Worldwise Quiz on Monday 17th November. They faced stiff competition from 3 local Independent Schools, Wakefield Girls High School, QEGS and Silcoates but we are delighted that our students thrashed them all and came home as champions!

Four of our students were nominated to attend the national STEMNET Awards at the House of Lords. They attended on Wednesday 12th November and got to meet Vince Cable and Mary Creagh. Unfortunately they didn't win, but well done to them all.

Our inaugural annual Art exhibition took place in the Art department showcasing a wide range of students' Art and Textiles work created over the last academic year. Well done to all of the students who had work on display, the quality is amazing.

Our Key Stage 3 Celebration Evening took place on Thursday 11th July. Invited guests dressed to impress, were entertained by our musicians and special guest speaker Mr Craig Heap, double Commonwealth Gold Medallist and Olympian for Great British Gymnastics. Craig inspired guests with his inspirational life stories and awarded students for their contributions to Horbury Academy, subject prizes and attendance. Our Prefects and Head Boy and Girl were also announced.
It was a fabulous evening and a fitting end to another successful year at Horbury Academy. Thank you to everyone who attended.

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